time is the best Teacher
met a woman at an Open Mic Tuesday night, we chatted a bit…she gave me a DVD of her old band; the Lead Guitarist was a guy I had been in a band with back in the early 70s…He’s WAY better now than he was then, but so am I…I’d say we BOTH got better rather slowly…Our common connection (the female singer) is hoping to engineer a reunion/jam, in their neighborhood (my old neighborhood) and that will be innaresting…went to a Blues Jam, played a bunch (mostly guitar) sang a bit…Surely I’m good at this Music thing, I spend lotsa time “onstage”…the girl singer happened to be there too–she’s NOT married BTW; but I think she’s “in a relationship”…is it wrong to let my perception of a woman’s talent influence how I feel about her as a person? Forgive me but in this case perhaps it does, *I* don’t think she was all that good…Again I think alcohol diminished her actual ability…if yer gonna get all defensive, don’t bother–there’s a reason why it’s illegal to drink and drive…I ABSOLUTELY get having a drink or two to relax or get one’s courage up…but getting even semi-wasted? much less completely shitfaced? That makes no sense to ME–whatever yer running from will still be there…I think she idolizes Janis Joplin…idolatry is always dangerous…if I thought she wouldn’t get angry at me I’d say “let Janis be Janis–be yourself”…As for me, I don’t think I idolize anybody…admire? Lotsa artists, but I am not Neil, or Garcia or [fill in the blank] it’s work enough being ME…but, for what it’s worth, it was a good night…I wasn’t gonna go, but the Host and Hostess enticed me with money…mixed feelings about that, but I took it–I NEEDED it…Maybe somebody up there still likes me, at least a little…and that feels good…